religiosity
意味一覧 (2件)
信心深さ
解説 Definition
religiosity は、人や集団がどれほど宗教を信じ、祈りや礼拝などを生活に取り入れているかを表します。社会調査や心理学、文化について述べる文脈で「信仰への熱心さ」を少し硬く言う語です。
Religiosity is the degree to which a person or group is religious and includes religion in daily life through belief, prayer, worship, or similar practices. It is often used in sociology, psychology, and cultural studies when talking about how strongly people are connected to religion. The word sounds slightly formal and is common in phrases such as high religiosity or low religiosity.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
religion「宗教」から religious「宗教的な」を経て、-ity が付いた形だと考えると覚えやすいです。-ity は honesty や purity のように「性質・度合い」を作る接尾辞なので、religiosity は「どれくらい宗教に熱心か」。piety も近い語ですが、piety は個人の敬虔さをより直接にほめる響きがあり、religiosity は調査や社会分析で high/low religiosity のように測る対象として使われやすいです。
Think of religion, then religious, and finally religiosity. The suffix -ity, as in honesty or purity, turns an adjective into a noun for a quality or degree. So religiosity means the quality or level of being religious. It is close to piety, but religiosity is often used more in surveys or social analysis.
例文
The survey measured religiosity by asking how often people prayed and attended worship services.
その調査では、人々がどのくらい祈り、礼拝に通うかをたずねて信心深さを測った。
Her religiosity became stronger after she joined a close religious community.
彼女は結びつきの強い宗教共同体に入ってから、信心深さが強くなった。
Researchers studied the relationship between religiosity and family values in the region.
研究者たちは、その地域における信心深さと家族観の関係を調べた。
宗教性
(意味 2)解説 Definition
宗教的信仰心や敬虔さの度合い。また、時に偽善的または過度に宗教的な態度や見た目を指すこともあります。
Religiosity means the quality or level of being religious. It can describe how strongly a person or group believes in and practices a religion. The word is often used in sociology, psychology, and discussions of culture.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
religiosity は religion「宗教」+ religious「宗教的な」+ -ity「性質」と分解すると、「宗教的である度合い・性質」と覚えられます。個人の信仰心だけでなく、建築、共同体、儀式、文章、社会制度などがどれほど宗教的特徴を帯びているかを述べる硬めの語です。文化・社会・表現の分析で high religiosity や public religiosity のように使う場面を意識しましょう。
Start from `religion`, then `religious`, then `religiosity`. The ending `-ity` often means a quality or degree, so this word means the quality or level of being religious. It can describe people, communities, rituals, buildings, or social life. `High religiosity` is a useful phrase to remember.
例文
Her religiosity influenced every decision she made in life.
彼女の宗教性は人生におけるあらゆる決定に影響を与えました。
The community was characterized by a deep sense of religiosity.
そのコミュニティは深い宗教性によって特徴付けられていました。
His public display of religiosity seemed somewhat performative.
彼の宗教性の公的な表現はどこか演技的に見えました。
religiosity の語源・成り立ち Etymology
religiosity は Latin の religiositas に由来し、religious「宗教的な」+ -ity「性質」。核の religio は「信仰・敬意」を表します。
Religiosity comes from the Latin word religiositas. It was formed from religious plus the suffix -ity, which means a quality or state. The deeper root is Latin religio, meaning faith, reverence, or religious respect.
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